Becoming Asian American: Second Generation Chinese and Korean American Identities by Nazli Kibria [in AsianWeek]
28 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Korean American, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers
Kibria’s extensive interviews of Chinese Americans and Korean Americans in Boston and Los Angeles in the 1980s and ’90s make for an incredibly familiar and enlightening title.
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Delightful debut about two teenage boys sent to be “re-educated” during Mao’s Cultural Revolution and their love for a local village girl and banned western literature.
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Title says it all. It's the third edition, by the way, of The Beacon Best, in case you want to check out the others.
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